What is the weather like where you live? (490 views)

Looks like it is down now. I have been watching the weather today -- this Matthew is really something. I have family scattered about in central Florida. My dad's parents lived just a block off the beach in Indialantic -- next to Melbourne. My aunt passed about a month before my mom did, but her daughters are all in the general area. Hope everyone stays safe -- and that Matthew wobbles right instead of left as it goes by. They say all of FL is at risk for losing power. Incredible. Let us know how you are as soon as you can.

And aren't you glad you came over here so we can keep tabs on you? Stay safe. Hope you get at least some some sleep tonight. I probably wouldn't, but hope you do.

Was reading through the Roll Call thread. beachside mentioned Florida coast, Julie mentioned both S Florida and VA and JoanieB somewhere in NC.
I keep thinking back to the time Ike hit Houston. Many CLBB members were affected. If I remember correctly Beth once commented the worst was losing all food in fridge and freezer.
Hugs to everyone.

Cookieee, are you in a mandatory evacuation area?

Wishing well to all in Matthew's path.

Swedishcook!  Thank you for your concern, we are in upper central NC so not close to our coast at all. Late Friday AM weather updates now include our southern coastal areas in hurricane warnings. We are expecting several inches of rain and some gusty winds tomorrow here but I won't breathe easy til I see that sucker make a hard right turn. This storm track early was compared to 1954 Hazel, which came right up through our area.  Before I was born!  Thoughts and prayers for FL, GA, SC, and our NC coastal folks and the folks suffering the devastation in the Caribbean. Hugs from NC

Sounds like you were truly blessed, Beachside. Glad you're safe and that there were only minor damages.

So good to hear your damage was limited, beachside. How awful about the house burning.  A similar situation occurred at either our coast or down around Myrtle, I can't recall, my brain is so full of the numerous horror stories. But it ended up taking 5 beach houses I believe and the firefighters couldn't get there due to major flooding. We got 4 1/2" of rain as far inland as we are. Raleigh was about as far west as far as major issues happened, with a lot of tree damage and power outages. We are about 45 min to an hour WNW of Raleigh. Our down east areas, along the I-95 corridor, received historical rain totals, 15-16" in places. Major traffic corridors (95 and 40) are closed indefinitely and peak river flooding won't happen there til late this weekend. So their worst is yet to come in many areas. Homes with water to the top of first floor door casings. Hospitals and schools flooded. Have been scrambling to find local folks organizing direct on-the-ground relief efforts for supplies for humans and fur babies. The devastation is absolutely unbelievable. I know FL and GA and SC and VA took catastrophic hits as well, and Haiti, oh my. 

We are going to have some nasty winds over the next 3 or so days. NOT looking forward to it. On the other hand, summer is out of here and I am cheering loudly! Survived another one

Wallycat, hope you are doing well. HArd to believe 110 MPH winds and tornadoes are the remnants of a typhoon. Be safe.

Yesterday morning was so yucky here. Some areas had pockets of rain, but we were just super humid and warm - so muggy you almost felt wet, but no rain to cool things. It improved somewhat later in the day. Today is nice - warm, but looking forward to cooling of next week.

wallycat and catbatty, thinking of you. Be safe! Is Bev in the same area?

Well things are returning to "normal" for folks like me who had little or no damage from Matthew...but for those with homes that were hit hard...dealings with insurance/contractors etc are time consuming. Definitely not returning to normal. We had mostly wind damage in this part of FL...nothing like the flooding in North Carolina, and north of here in St. Augustine and Jacksonville. I think the wind damage is the lesser--so glad the storm surge did not hit us at high tide--I am only 9 feet above sea level and about 3/10 mile from the ocean.

Someone up thread mentioned Haiti--that is beyond damage...so much devastation--and I haven't heard the latest death toll, but another terrible tragedy for that country.

My neighbor's house that burned down is just a pile of rubble--I don't know what is going to happen there--fortunately he is safely in VA with a daughter. The fire inspector came by to ask if i had seen the fire--no I was not here during the hurricane so could not give him the eye witness info he was seeking...altho' his preliminary assumption was that it was an electrical fire started at the garage end of the house (probably the electrical box was in the garage)--but he was still investigating he told me, so that was not official. The skeletons of the two cars sit in the former garage...the fence between us is mostly down so every time I look out my kitchen window I am shocked again not to see his house but just the debris.

Turns out I had a bit more damage than I originally saw. When my handyman came last Monday to put my antenna back up (and it works), I asked him to walk around the roof just to be sure I hadn't lost any shingles--turns out there was a HOLE in my roof! A small one, about 18" long at the ridge--not visible from the ground...but a hole right into my attic! We checked the bedroom under that hole but there were no signs of water damage--so the ridge shingles must have blown off after the heavy rains of Matthew. Glad he saw that and was able to get some shingles to repair.

There has been major cleanup in the two weeks since the hurricane, but some streets still have huge piles of trees, limbs, branches etc and it can feel like driving through a tunnel with piles 8 or 10 feet high--some are too close to the road, so driving with caution is necessary when a approaching another vehicle. But the folks are working hard to get that removed...many streets have already been cleared once, but homeowners are making new piles as they have the energy to move more of the fallen trees etc to streetside.

Now we are enjoying a bit of a cool down...I actually had to put on a long sleeved shirt this morning over my tee shirt for my sunrise beach walk--it was high 50s!!...took the long sleeve top off once the sun was up and enjoyed the breeze on my bare arms--going back into the 80s today and the rest of the week. I still won't walk on the beach until there is light (before Matthew I was starting in the dark because sunrise got so late)...now it is not safe with some bits of debris washing ashore, or being left behind after each tide. When the waves flow up my legs (water is still lovely @79f) I stand still until I can again see the sand--never know what might be deposited for me to step on if I cannot see it.

Our heat has kicked on a couple of nights so far. It is cool now and we had a little rain. We are supposed to have rain off and on for most of the coming week. I think one day may have sunshine. Had some frost this past week and they say we will probably have our first area wide freeze next week. DS is in school 250 miles to the north and he is hoping they will have snow. Hope both boys make it home without weather issues.